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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-03-17
A Journalists Nervousness.

sItisia question uponswhich artists dis
agree this question of nervousness;
Great actors ahave told me they are al
ways nervous for several minutes after
their parts begin on the stage, and paint
ers say the same. They finish picture
and tremble for its reception. Pro-
fessional men are nervous. Doctors have
told me they go to O case in awful mental
terror. Lawyers suffer dHfing criminal
trials. Ministers endure agonies in the
pulpit until they are fairly launched in q
discourse, as do other. orators, and Of
writers, novelists and poets it is pro-
verbal that they are depressed and
wretched as the ink dries on their paper.
Journalists are equally 80, find. For
myself I frankly admit that I put my
manuscript in its envelope with not alone
trembling fingers, but with faintness at
heart and voiceless petition that the
good fates presiding over the quill and
paper may speed the white missive on its
way, and that some little thought or word
of mine may find lodgment in even one
responsive heart. Then Irush out and
about, bestirring myself in other voca-
lions to shake off my misgiyings. So I
say, happy the man or woman who is In
sensible to these tortures Of "stage
fright,n on whatever stage in life,
dramatic or otherwise, they play their
earnest parts.--London Cor. Detroit Free
prnss
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THE sbah Becominr Citi1iEed,

The shah of Persia's first visit to Europe
tended, for the time, to civilize him, but
before year had expired he wanted to
execute his prime minister. The king
now, Us o rule, returns sallltes; before his
visit to Europe he did not. He now looks
with pleasure at the pictures in the Illus
trated journals. When he last crossed
the Caspian, he slept on the floor of the
ladies' cabin, under the table, and on the
table he put his boots. Once 1t was q
pleasure to the sAsylum Of the Universe
: to fill a boat on one Of the large tanks of his
numerous country palaces with the gram
dees Of his kingdom, clad in gala costume,
and to go into fits OF laughter as the boat
sank, and the pillars Of the empire crawlea
out, muddy, wet and betlraggled. They say
that on the last visit Of the king Of kings
to Europe, when tasting and sucking a
stick of asparagus, as he sat between two
royal ladies ut the dinner table, he offered
the half devoured butt to the more august
Of the two, with the idea that she would
enjoy the pleasure he had experienced,
saying, with innocent enjoyment, "Ba, bal
how good It Isl" That the Asylum of the
Universe Is still susceptible Of improve.
ment in manner becomes painfully evil
dent.-The Argonaut.
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The aggregate of the appropriations
bills passed by the Forty ninth Congress
is about S25O,000,000. The total is
exclusive of the sums appropriated by
the River and Harbor Deficiency Appro-
priation bills which failed of enactment
Appropriations for the current fiscal year
aggregate $264,00O,O00 which amount
would have been equalled by the appro:
priations voted by the last Congress had
the two bills mentioned become laws
Some idea of the manner in which
the Forty.ninth Congress wound up its
work may be found in the declaration Of
a member of long experience, that the
record revealed the fact that one quarter
of the legislation of the session had been
enacted in the last few legislative days
An enrolling clerk of twelve years ex.
perience, said that never in that length
of time had he witnessed the haste
exhibited in the last twenty.four hours
of the Congress which has just expired
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Vocation of the Cowboy.

It surprises one not to the manner born
to discover how much skill, judgment and
experience is required in the proper
handling of big herds on the trail and
round up. Many people look upon the
vocation Of the cowman with touch OF
contempt and imagine that his business
calls for little beyoud rough oaths and
hard riding And yet a ranchman learns
something new every day, and is fire.
quently called upon to display an amount
of tact that Is the balance in the scale Of
success. Did you ever see o couple of
thousand range beeves on the trails
They will frighten at their own shadows,
and the only way to manage them is to
make them believe that they are doing as
they please. To know when to push
them and when to let them rest, when
they should drink and how much they
can be crowded without losing flesh are
subjects requiring as much generalship in
their way as the movements of human
army, and no ono who has witnessed q
successful drive will ever afterward be-
little acknowledge of the much maligned
cowboy. Globe Democrat.
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Elocution In. the sparior.

Whnt fashion this reading, or, to be
more correct, recitation, has become. Ten
years ago only the professional elocu-
ZIONIST, the Shakespearean reader, ever
thought of doing anything Of the kind,
while now everybody stands up in parlor
and repeats his or her little verse In excel
lent style. I say Everybody" because
people never before suspected Of having
this gift are constantly popping out and
surprising their friends with this fayorite
accomplishment. Judging by them, I
imagine all the others are meditating on
the possibility Of their being asked next
time. If one hasn't voice to sing with,
nor any other talent to be glorifed, it
seems providential that reading has come
III vogue, as it gives the much desired
opportunity to shine before men and
women of society. When pretty girl
stands up and recites something having
all the ear marks of her teacher in elocu
ton about it, the crudeness Of the effort is
overlooked in the pleasure her youth and
loveliness afford the spectator. One will
forgive anything in beautiful young
woman, even parlor parroting ng.-Boston
Herald.
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In Chicago a man named John
Murphy recently went to board with
Samuel Bell, and made love to Mrs. Bell
so ehectually that she consented to elope
with him. Mrs. Bell, her two children
and Murphy started to drive from the
house Wednesday, but Bell, whose sus.
picions had been aroused, saw them as
they drove away and gave chase. He
tried to shoot Murphy, but his revolver
missed fire, and he chased the wagon
down thirteenth street. After getting
quite start Murphy jumped out of the
wagon and gathered a lot Of rocks, which
he kept fling at Bell when he came
within range. Mrs. Bell Was driving, and
in whipping up gave the wagon lurch
that upset Murphy and landed him in the
road. Bell gave yell of delight and
doubled his speed, but Murphy was too
quick for him and jumped to his feet,
clambering into the wagon while Mrs.
Bell poked Bell in the ribs with the whip
to keep him out of the wagon. Then they
drove away and Bell gave up the
chase. 1t was the last he has seen of bis
wife and children.
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A Ghastlv Tronby.

One Of the most remarkable sights was
described to me some years ago by Geor-
gian. A party were out deer hunting,
when an animal was started that was seen
to have round white object attached to
his horns. It was finally shot, and i'm
paled upon one of the points was the skull
OF human being, probably hunter that
the buck had turned upon and struck so
violently that its horns had completely
penetrated the skull and the CHASTITY
trophy had been worn ever since.-San
EAanciscn Call.
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r,ovel1,s Address at Chicag,


Mot that he spoke Ill. On the contrary,
'itwas a genuine delight to listen to him.
He didnot "dooty'' US; he did not mis-
take the chimney SCOT for the suitable In
other; things; he was not "it'ry," and
what he gave us was not 'litratoor." He
Hdnot drop the final gs nor add an to
his Idea of thinking-a self restraint In q
Bostonian for which we are very grateful
It is very sweet to our ears, moreover, to
find that he had not acquired cookneyisms
norsother bnrbarities Of English manners
during the period when he imbibed more
or less Of English ssodiousness In politics.
But it was painfully apparent that either
he spoke with singular Indifference for. o
-man--to whom accuracy OF enuncfation
should be an inVulnerable habit, orWith
SELF fc0ntradict indicating defiance
of orthoepic principles. For instance, he
habitually said "natchah" for nature, and
SO on through the words ending in ure.
He said "tempistn for tempest, and 80 on
Through the words ending in est. he
generally said ''munt" for the final
tstmentS' and ttist" for the terminal lest. !"
zHewas.as littlesinclined to recognize an r
between two vowels, or following a vowel
and cedlng another consonant, as ls
Mr. Cleveland to recognize o true blue
{, Democrat whenh finds an excuse In the
civil service rules for not doing so..sa ssss
In lieu of simple tears in one syllable he
gave us AFTERNOON ssteahs'' in two syllal'les;
and Shakespeare himself came out anon
with final "ah." He did not lutesus
witfIhis lutte, but he did 'loon" Us with
Ehisslnnacy; and although he sounded his
! correctly In illusion, why should he
have played loo with us when he became
ludicrous? Shall he disavow for himself
the tadof he regretted Wordsworth had
too much despised, ssthe trade in classic
enicetiess' and are not these two words, so
widely different in usual significance, from
the same roots Why, again, should he
talk to usEabo1t patriotism, giving the 9
Of the Latin root probably the true ancient
sound, and then speak Of "Socratease, I"
anglicizing his Greeki It may seem petty
thus to scan Mr.. Lowell's spoken English.
stmicrologically.'' Bnt 1t must be remem.
bered that It lis ono of the methods by
which we must arrive at correct pro-
nunciation of our language, ifsuch q thing
be.-Chicago Cor. NewYork- Sun.
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Trying to Interview Gen. sherman.

Gen. w. T. Sherman is breezy talker
when be once gets a-going. When he is
thoroughly interested in subject and
feels In the mood to talk he can make a
space reporters heart glad in one short
half hour. Soon after the death Of Gen.
Grant two reporters called upon Gen.
Sherman at the Fifth Avenue hotel In
this city and tried to extract some per-
sonal "reminiscences from him. The hero
of the march through Georgia received
the newspaper men with much cordiality.
He insisted on their laying aside their
note books, however. ~ loved Gen. Grant
dearly, and I an willing to talk about
him. he said, "but don't want you
boys to print word that I say. have
been talking too much for the press re-
Gently, and have made up my mind to
stop right now.n No amount of coaXing
or arguing could induce Gen. Sherman to
change his mind on this point, and for
about twenty minutes the two reporters
enjoyed the aggravating pleasure Of hear
ing the dead hero's comrade reel off rem
iniscences that would have made splendid
reading matter for their respective news
papers.-New York Times.
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Tho Faca OF q Singer,

In his 'twhy We sing' Hayden Tilla
elaborates the idea that rocalists excel in
singing in proportion as they possess q
projecting or overhanging cast of face.
The perfect formation of face, he says,
designed by nature for perfect voice, is
one in which the upper jaw, upper teeth,
upper lip, cheek bone, nose and forehead
are the projecting and prominent parts
and the chin and lower jaw the receding
parts. Only persons thus formed by na-
ture can hope to exhibit purity and beauty
Of tone and to sing with ease and express
sion. Nine. Patti, he adds, owes her
great reputation in the lyric drama to tho
possession of perfect face formation.
Mr.. Tilla's volume will probably have the
effect Of dissuading whopper jawed peo-
pie from learning to sing, which may per-
haps be IN advantage to the community
in general.-New York Sun.
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Gen. J. J. Finley, who has be-

Gen. J. j. Finley, who has been
appointed to succeed the loye.sick Jones
in the United States Senate as represen.
tative from Florida, is lawyer by pro-
fession, served with distinction in the
Confederate army, has been member of
the Supreme Court of Florida, and was
three times candidate for Congress,
being elected once and defeated twice by
Col. Bisbee, Republican. The Legisia-
ture will elect Senator in April. 1t is
said that Jones will then seek vindica'
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ohrIstendom's Peculiar Property.

'tDeath's heads, graves, knells, blacks
and tombs" are the peculiar property Of
Chrbtendom, being almost unknown to
pagan antiquity. The elder Disraeli, in
mentioning the fact that the skeleton, as
O symbol of death, is an invention Of the
middle ages, says: "The ancient artists
30 rarely attempted to personify Death
that we have not discovered single re-
voting image Of this nature in all the
works of antiquity" This being so, the
conception of death as an awful specter,
and the wearing Of gloomy black as COM
pulsory tribute to his grimness, can hardly
DO regarded as mark Of our superiority
over our pagan predecessors.-The Forum.
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A Quaint Old Bell.

Mr.. Alma Tadema has quaint iron
bell, copied from an old German or Dutch
model, in the shape Of O woman with
enormous petticoats, who hangs from |,
wrought iron bracket, while her stream.
ing hair flies out in ten rays. It Is placed
eight or ten feet from the floor, and Is
rung by long iron chain, delicately
wrought, which hangs straight down from
it.-Detroit Free Press.
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AnclontsEgyptian Gold Plate.

The only piece Of gold plate ever found
in Egypt, now on its way to the Museum
Of Fine Arts, is the massive handle to d
tray used in the royal service Of Pharaoh
Hophra, at the biblical Tahpanhes Uere-
1niah X 81, to which place came jeremiah,
who doubtless here wrote his "Lamenta-
tions," with the fugitive princesses Of Ju-
dah. The plate Is among the gifts Of the
Egypt exploration fund, which disclosed
this most interesting sight where Nebu-
Ghadnezzar burned the palace or castle be-
cause Hophra had received the fugitives.
Home Journal.
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Few WolYea in Prussia.

There are very few wolves in Prussia,
only four having been killed, and it is a
curious fact that the German wolves
seem to have followed the German army
almost en- masse into France during the
winter of 1870, and to have remained
there. In the provinces of Alsace and
Lorraine the number Of wolves killed dur
ing the year was thirty-seven, in addition
to 2, $50 foxes and 152 wildcats.-London
Tirnoa
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Bucklen's Arnaca Salye.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect satistac.
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by Hill Bros, Ander'
son. S. @.
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A N.w nre+er,,1.

"Wooditen Is the name of new ma
terial which possesses the elasticity OF
rubber without being either inflammable
or injured by salt water. 1t is proposed
to use 1t as fender on wharves to pre-
vent injury by collision with ships and to
protect the unarmored parts Of war ves-
sels,-Frank LesEe's.
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ttRnt,i,

Ivan Ansaldi raised his eyes for the first
time since she came into the room. Thew
were full of blood and looked at her.
ss'sYou do not want to go yetP''
mo"
Every we'll"
He staggered across the room and out OF
the door, and down the three staircases
and out into the street and across 1t, and
looking at the shadow of Roxandra Smir-
noff at the candle lighted window OF. his
own home, Ivan shot himself through the
heart. SO
1.-The murder Of Vladimir De1hek was
avenged.-New York Mercury.
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Connects with train to and from Green-
wood, Laurens and Spartanburg.
Connections at Augusta with Georgia,
South Carolina and Central Railroads. at
Spartanburg with A. & G. Air Line and
AshevilIe g. Spartanburg R. R.
Tickets on sale at Anderson to all points
at through rates. Baggage checked to des-
tination. E. r. CHARLTON, G. p. A.
w. w. STARR, Supt., Augusta, Gle.
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Joseph O'Brien, of Cleveland, ss'ys
that he once examined a swallows nest,
in which were two young birds. Around
the leg of one of them horsehasr had been
closely wound. Mr.. O'Brien removed the
hair and found that the leg had been
broken. He thinks that this was gen.
uine case of bird surgery.
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than incense he gave it, and then his eyes
fen-upon the ungloved hand OF the woman
he loved-her right hand
With cry of TERROR cry like that
which comes from the. throat Of some
!woun1ed wild beast-he sprang back and
flung her from him.
/ Z tWhat Is it7 Ivan, what is ftp" Rox-
andra Smirnoff stands erect In the full
fare Of the many candles.
sssHh hat IS its' echoes the man. "Who
are your what are yopf Let me look at
yonl .let me- look atyoup'
!. He reaches forward and takes her head
roughly Between his palms.
$50 you Ivan catches sat her other
hand and drops It with a motion Of horror.
.ssYou are both Of themp'
ssW HAITI whats' ;,
stOh, never mind-[-" he wipes the
great drops from his face, and sits down
on the sofa, burying his face out OF sight.
"Oh, -heaYensl' cries she, nothing can
come between us now--what was it?-that
thought-again?'
ssYes," he replies simply.
: Tell me all about it, and that Will
end it.''
ssWfll itf''
ayes. You are fanciful, superstidous,
and I? / am here-and''-
eyes. Very well''--
stNow tell mef''
stTo be sure. My friend-he was mur-
dered; he was an artist, o. sculptor, and
they found him one morning strangled IN
his studio; no enemies, no theft; nothing
but simply death. he had two models 81
eyes,, Roxandra Smirnof pants as
Bhelistens @
= zone Of them atall lady who had ceased
coming fortnight before his murder, the
other beautiful, young, who was seen
with him the day previous 81 -
ttYes?n she breathes heavily.
ssWen, that is ALL"
"That Is allf'
|. eyes"
Sand they never found outs"
tnThey never found out"
tsWel, what do you think Of it''
eHe was my friend"
mAh-yes- Well, of course, the
young, beautiful woman murdered him
from jealousy Of the tall woman-that is
plain
ssYou think soP'' The eyeballs Of Ivan
Ansaldi, under his swollen lids, glittered
like those Of shot tiger.
'Oh, yes"
ssI do not.
He rose.
s'Roxandra, want to show you some
thing-at is the memento Of my dead
friend, which told you was bad omen
coming between my thoughts Of you"
eyes, show it me-" She places within
his her hand. .--
Ivan took it. With one stride he crossed
the room; he tore the mask cloth from the
faceless statue Of Memory; he took the
two hands Of Roxandra Smirnof and
pushed them into the Impressions they
had made In that clay four years before.
They fitted exactly.
She drew them away; she looked at
them-her two oddly different hands
she crouched and wavered, and sunk, an
incoherent heap, at his feet.
For a time-some seconds seem Like
eternities--there was no sound save the
tinkle Of the clock, and then IN the hush
there came the pitiful sound Of strong
mans sobs.
She crept over to him where he sat, her
long hair tangled with displaced jewels,
trailing about her.
ssWell, you love me, Ivan Ansaldi?"
tfYes, yes, yes!'' he answers stupidity.
$50 did he, until she came and stole
his heart from me; that was It,"
"Hushl''
tfYes.n
"What would give you happiness''
tTo bel
swell, yes-there, never mind, go home,
80 home''
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The New York Chorus Girl.

A chorus girl at the Metropolitan Opera
house, New York, cannot get married, it
Is stated, unless she gives the manager at
least two weeks notice, otherwise her
contract becomes null. It is further
stated TINT the manager has not been
known to withhold his assent in any case.
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AN ,NrERLuDE.

sighing, she spoke, and leaning, clasped her
knees:
"Well hast thou sung OF living men and deads
OF fair deeds done, and far lands visited.
Sing now Of thingsmore marvellous than thesel
or fruits ungathered upon wondrous trees,
OF songs uns,lng, Of gracious words unsaid,
or that dim shore where no mans foot may
tread,
OF strangest skies and unbeholden seasl
"Full many golden web our longings spin,
And days are fair and sleep is oversweet;
1 But passing sweet those moments rare and feet,
When red spring sunlight, tremulous and thin,
Makes quickthe pulses with tumultuous beat
For meadows never won q. wandered fn."
r. Armytage inSribner's Magazine
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buddhist Cloister in Thibet.

BuddnIBt CI0IsGer IN 1HlDet'
Twenty-one priests live in the Buddhist
cloister Of Hanie, Thibet, where the alti-
tude is 10000 feet above the level Of the
sea. 1t is the highest inhabitable spot
known.-Chicago Times.
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It is said that Sunday night in New
York is becoming more and more .laWless
and secular.
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at his Sssresa 3Slhe rfn1e sIdpg
deepty INTO the Statue
sEG Memory ss 80 e
Had. Vladimir Dejnak any spemiesi 4.
3 vel: h6ua that any onsa kna5w, but
MheMSa Mau life yS1na ar1entas tmpas:
! 4sf0n6d loVables may hs MT have enemies
81 asWala as hieIdsi Z & ~.
Did hs 1--we; any ones ,7ssss7s
0h. Yes, yes; lDve IS not an idle wordi i
:il1es thewMko of mhny not yet invented.
Ard was he lcyeds sSss:s So
RT:whoan II
Who knusgs. 81 40 6
Had he nodsls IS .
She CEASED coming g fortnight
Sss: Ed W6o was skes
wen ypupg woman wIappsd
ssssaIway even Il this fine weather.
id the statt1 resemble shsfi s'ss ss
All "a ;SSess s1re the face Of Memory
3ETAs q; ;hlank ID III a possibly not satisfied
Deinek and that very morning,
sSEerY lksIyshA had oblitersted IT, 4
Gould The model be- fOundi
ich6aaS Paul a11 Kntinka, the SER
ss 81 wants af ths dead man; thought that she
~ =
:ssS hss'ss $ 8 i
shss sfonndi
md 1WSs there any one esses
no be Eurey the new model. How
81 81 strange they had not thought Of her
8 . before ~. b.
Ind shes s.. =, +
l0ung sbeaHtif ohs M1tn eyes nke sne s
Ielndear and stnng hair like the r1pe s,lk
and a1iotlt1 g eoIt lI, rs Iu!nsu sa! us
md her haniasi
ell;;ss was eoo ,muca.
ann. a enelS
heads aneEmura9 a9ukesl tnelr ptays s x
IS yes she had hands Iuty-pecause
had seell Nlaq,nf gellnsk y aalee,
SHINING lssyelsd Elng sRefknne M g. ON
Y nd WhHfe was shes Is, S.
'ssSa gitcloy where elsei
II she fonIdi
{, -
tthemsea Is tsinned scaam, and took
g. bis qniee neEu1al!y,
spenesIy; ;saany tlson saai0s o. .rnDles
QS g trace ol eltner. Wo!4e1 coa,a ge
s:iaseaa s ~
aoeeSSae s1s ot A.. sI1 10 ssSz
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No. 53 makes close connection for Atlanta.
No. ~ makes close connection for Augusta and
Charleston ut Columbia.
'' : JAS. r. TAYLOR, Gen'l Pass. Agent. ,
d. CARDwEEL, Asst Pass. Agt, Columbia, Go v
Sol. HAAS, Traffic Manager.